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502 people live in this town in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Fontaine-Lavaganne has none. It skews young: only just over one in ten residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Fontaine-Lavaganne does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fontaine-Lavaganne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame du Hamel, in Le Hamel, 3.8 mi away.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontaine-Lavaganne.
Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up just over a tenth of the town, below Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Fontaine-Lavaganne has a median age of 40.8 years.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Fontaine-Lavaganne | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Fontaine-Lavaganne number 50, against 250 residents in work (0.1 per worker). 3.3% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Households’ median disposable income: €26,480 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Phileas LebesgueNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 97 | 91%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 12 homes in Fontaine-Lavaganne. House rents are put at about €9.04/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Fontaine-Lavaganne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Fontaine-Lavaganne as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaine-Lavaganne | 502 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grandvilliers | 2,786 | 4.7 | C− | B | D | C− |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand | 3,462 | 5.6 | A− | B− | B+ | A+ |
| Beauvais | 55,550 | 13 | D | C | D | C− |
| Gournay-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 5,723 | 13 | C− | A− | D | B− |
| Breteuil | 4,222 | 15 | C+ | C+ | D | B |
| Auneuil | 2,898 | 16 | C+ | C | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Fontaine-Lavaganne is a commune of 502 people in the Communauté de communes de la Picardie Verte. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.